Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Dysmenorrhea".)

International

●European Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy (ESGE), European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), and World Endometriosis Society (WES): Recommendations for the surgical treatment of endometriosis – Part 1: Ovarian endometrioma (2017)

●WES: Consensus on the classification of endometriosis (2017)

●WES: Consensus on current management of endometriosis (2013)

Canada

●Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC): Clinical practice guideline on endometriosis – Diagnosis and management (2010)

United States

●American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Committee option on dysmenorrhea and endometriosis in the adolescent (2018)

●American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM): Treatment of pelvic pain associated with endometriosis – A committee opinion (2014)

●ASRM: Endometriosis and infertility – A committee opinion (2012)

●ACOG: Practice bulletin for management of endometriosis (2010)

Europe

●European Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy (ESGE), European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), and World Endometriosis Society (WES): Recommendations for the surgical treatment of endometriosis – Part 1: Ovarian endometrioma (2017)

●European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE): Guideline for management of women with endometriosis (2013)

●European Menopause and Andropause Society (EMAS): Position statement – Managing the menopause in women with a past history of endometriosis (2010)

United Kingdom

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Quality standard on endometriosis (2018)

●NICE: Guideline on endometriosis – Diagnosis and management (2017)

●NICE: Interventional procedures guidance on laparoscopic helium plasma coagulation for the treatment of endometriosis (2006)

Australia-New Zealand

●Australasian CREI Consensus Expert Panel on Trial evidence (ACCEPT): Consensus statement on endometriosis and infertility (2012)